CE 531 - Open Channel Hydraulics

1   Lectures

1. Lecture 1: Introduction to open channel hydraulics
2. Lecture 2: Basic equations in open channel hydraulics
   1. Homework 1: Proof of the equivalence between the Bernoulli equation and work per unit weight
3. Lecture 3: Dimensional analysis
   1. Homework 2: Dimensional analysis
4. Lecture 4: Specific energy
   1. Homework 3: Rectangular channel expansion with head loss
5. Quiz 1
6. Quiz 1 review
7. Lecture 5: Critical depth in non-rectangular sections
   1. Homework 4: Derivation of Eq. (2.23)
8. Lecture 6: Example 2.3
   1. Quiz 2
9. Lecture 7: Overbank flow
10. Lecture 8: Example 2.4: $Q_U$
11. Lecture 9: Example 2.4: Colab Notebook and $Q_L$
12. Lecture 10: Example 2.4: Colab Notebook and exercises
13. Lecture 11: Weirs
14. Lecture 12: Introduction to HEC-RAS
    1. Homework 5: Your first HEC-RAS model
15. Quiz 3
16. Midterm exam
17. Quiz 3 and midterm exam review
    1. Homework 6: Example 2.5
    2. Homework 7: Choking, contraction, and transition
18. Lecture 13: Momentum
    1. Homework 8: Hydraulic jump
19. Lecture 14: Dimensionless analysis
    1. Lecture 15: Surges
    2. Homework 9: Exercise 3.14
20. Lecture 16: Bridge piers
    1. Homework 10: Exercise 3.17
21. Lecture 17: Uniform flow
22. Lecture 18: Limit slope for a rectangular channel
    1. Homework 11: Best hydraulic section
23. Project work
24. Lecture 19: Gradually varied flow
25. Lecture 20: Direct step method
    1. Homework 12: Example 5.2
26. Quiz 4
27. Reservoir routing
28. Quiz 5
29. Final exam

2   Past materials